FOR TODAY'S STUDENTS, CLIMATE CHANGE IS PERSONAL

Students fight climate change, cite personal reason; Students cite their future as the reason for getting involved with climate change activism on campus.

Monica Vendituoli, October 3, 2013 (USA Today)

“…The majority of college students believe climate change is occurring, according to a study conducted by Jeff Larsen, a University of Tennessee – Knoxville psychology professor, who studied incoming freshman in the summer of 2013…Of those who answered, 76% agreed climate change is happening, 15% responded it is not happening and 9% said they did not know whether it was happening…Student efforts to stop global warming have recently gained steam, especially the divestment movement…[T]he fossil fuels divestment movement involves students advocating that their schools divest from the top 200 publicly traded fossil fuel companies…[T]here are currently 317 colleges and universities with fossil fuel divestment campaigns…” click here for more

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